Thursday, October 27, 2016

English 9--10/31/2016 & 11/1/2016

Jump Off (2-3 mins.)--Take out your summary materials and your copy of "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves". As soon as I've taken attendance, we'll get started!S. the C. (5-8 mins.)--agenda/HWMini-Lesson (Part 4) -- Short Story in an "Hour" (20-25 mins.)

--Reminder: objectives for this mini-lesson:

craft a plot summary as per our learning target

work cooperatively in small groups (listening, respecting, etc.)--SL.1 to the max!

comprehend the basic plot of most of Karen Russell's "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves"

--continuation of steps for this mini-lesson:

"Anchor in" to our official "Compact for Group Work".

Blocks 1 & 2 (5 mins.)/Blocks 3 & 4 (10 mins.): Finish working together in order to craft a summary that hits our target/aligns with the "Summary Notes". When you finish, one group member will share your summary with the whole class.

One group member shares the first summary and so on and so forth in chronological orderso that all class members have a sense of the basic plot of almost the entire story.

During this time, students are expected to take notes for use when crafting a summary of Stages 1-4 of the story.

*I WILL BE AROUND TO GIVE YOU A TICKET-OUT-THE-DOOR DOCUMENT (BLOCKS 3 & 4)/RETURN YOUR TICKET-OUT-THE-DOOR DOCUMENT FROM THE END OF TWO CLASSES AGO (BLOCKS 1 & 2).*Closure -- "Ticket-Out-the-Door--RL.2 and Reflections on Collaboration and Personal Conduct" (10-12 mins.)

--Using your notes from the previous portion of the class block, complete the first prompt. (Consider writing one sentence per Stage.) Then, complete the remaining prompts in as much detail as time permits.

pair/share

--If you finish quality work with time to spare, engage in free reading until everyone is finished.

Assessment -- Summary Writing (RL.2, W.2, and W.4) (remainder of class) --After carefully reading the assessment directions, complete the task at hand and submit your best work based on the time permitted prior to leaving class.*I WILL PROJECT "THE FOUR CS OF QUALITY ACADEMIC WRITING"*

DEAR -- Free Reading Books (time permitting)

--students without books will read Upfront newsmagazineMiscellaneous

--Read your free reading book for at least 10 minutes between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS. You have up until the first week of December to finish your book.